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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO
4700 Alliance Blvd., Plano, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1649273434
$2,266.09
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,776.81
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$196.48 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,832.61 with Private Health Care System — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $196.48 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $210.23 | ↓ -91% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $227.71 | ↓ -90% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $232.50 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare | $239.69 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $239.69 | ↓ -89% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $239.69 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $251.67 | ↓ -89% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $251.67 | ↓ -89% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $251.67 | ↓ -89% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $251.67 | ↓ -89% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare | $251.67 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $268.45 | ↓ -88% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $287.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $300.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $302.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $358.34 | ↓ -84% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $395.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Ambetter | Ambetter Exchange | $515.33 | ↓ -77% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $607.02 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $762.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $1,081.31 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | City of Dallas | $1,451.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $1,531.07 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $1,612.64 | ↓ -29% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $1,718.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $1,775.10 | ↓ -22% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $1,818.14 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,952.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $2,077.25 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $2,077.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,077.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $2,138.99 | ↓ -6% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $2,149.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $2,266.09 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $2,297.00 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $2,429.00 | ↑ +7% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,429.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Curative | Commercial | $2,454.93 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $2,643.77 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $2,643.77 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Commercial | $2,643.77 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $2,643.77 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $2,699.00 | ↑ +19% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $2,832.61 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $2,832.61 | ↑ +25% |
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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,318.26 | $314.76 – $3,477.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,539.19 | $196.48 – $3,173.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,318.26 | $210.23 – $3,477.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,318.26 | $196.48 – $3,477.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |